Thursday, July 30, 2009

I don't feel like I deserve to fail, but I don't quite feel like I deserve to pass either. It's been a roller coaster for three days, and now I'm numb.

To kick start the emotions again, more drum roll please....

I'm going to Africa for a year!!!! I leave at the end of August, and I'm going to volunteer teach in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, while also volunteering in a care center for HIV+ orphans. TOTALLY. STOKED. TOTALLY. TERRIFIED.

Which means it's time to say goodbye to this blog for a while. This is the last blog entry I plan to have on blogspot for at least the next year. If you feel like following my adventures in Africa, you'll have to go here.

If I weren't so bad at goodbyes, I'd make this post a little more sentimental. But growing up a child of divorced long-distance parents has made me really awkward and uncomfortable with goodbyes. So let's leave it at this: I'll see you July of 2010!

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

$968.00.... Hotel for 4 nights for the duration of the bar exam$245.00.... Flight to and from San Francisco for the bar exam$60.00.... Cost of the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam$648.00.... Cost to register for the California Bar Exam$92.00.... Cost to register for the California Bar$431.00.... Cost to register for the Moral Character Determination$3,982.50.... Cost of Bar Review Course for California$1,250.00.... Cost of the iPod version of Bar Review Course (to study from Denver)

Total: $7,676.50

Waiting from July 29 until November 20 to get my score.... PRICELESS (not in a good way)Passing the California Bar on the First Try.... PRICELESS (in a good way)

Monday, July 06, 2009

This cover is giving me the post-holiday blues, but I think it's worth sharing anyway. Normally, I really like Greg Laswell, but if I don't switch to more upbeat music soon, I might not make it through to the bar (T - 22 days!!!).

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

I opened a new checking account today. This makes me feel like I'm starting a new chapter of my life. I know, I know. Graduation from professional school? No sweat. Studying for the biggest exam of my life? Eh, whatev. Opening a new checking account? HOLY COW, Bagel! You're clearly up to big things these days!

In any case, now that I won't be in school anymore, I feel like this blog needs a new direction. Most blogs have a focus, and mine is sorely lacking. The obvious focus is, well, me. But yawn! "Me" in the spotlight is not so fun. Me + direction might actually keep some readers next year.

About Me

Hi, my name is Bagel, and here are 5 things to know about me:
1. Bagel is a name given to me by my sisters, specifically my oldest sister Big Colle when I was really mad at her, and she was trying to make me laugh. It didn't take long before almost everyone in my life began calling me Bagel.
2. While we're on the topic of sisters: I have four of 'em. 2 real sisters and 2 half-sisters. I also have an ex-stepbrother and a soon-to-be stepsister (who is married with a stepson of her own). Translation? I have an American family. And I'm crazy about them.
3. I'm a very liberal law student in a very conservative law school. We go together like oil and water.
4. After 20 years in school, I have yet to hit the real world. Stay tuned, that's coming within the year.
5. Three of my biggest passions: mornings, shoes, and musicals.